E30 with E39 M5 Power

[hammoj28]

Loving it! can wait to see piccies of it finished. and maybe vids?

[bigpimpin]

That motor doesn't half fill up that engine bay! A thing of beauty !

[Richy325iTouring]

Excelent work mate!

But it has been known that moving an engine to far back can cause balance problems (IE too much oversteer)

point noted andrew,
but i dont think i'll notice any increase in oversteer, compared to what it was like before the re-positioning.
at the track day, it was spinning the wheels up in forth at 80mph,
without using the clutch, just purely off the throttle.

Yeah, a s38 in a touring has the same effect when the revs hit 5200

You are brave mate!

Andrew

after seeing it in the 320 shell and in the wet i know hes brave

[jmc330i]

point noted andrew,
but i dont think i'll notice any increase in oversteer, compared to what it was like before the re-positioning.
at the track day, it was spinning the wheels up in forth at 80mph,
without using the clutch, just purely off the throttle.

Yeah, a s38 in a touring has the same effect when the revs hit 5200

You are brave mate!

Andrew

after seeing it in the 320 shell and in the wet i know hes brave

I was thinking that. I think the conversation went something like "oh look, the track is getting wet, Im going out again." Very, very brave man

[Ben525]

jesus, just read the entire thread, fair play glenn and let it be an inspiration to us all!

[glenn]

big thanks to dips for finding me these on german ebay.....

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... IBSA:UK:11

........ that finally turned up today.
so seeing as it was a bit cold, lol, i thought i'd have a go at the bonnet.

[Turbo-Brown]

this car's gonna look/be so awesome when it's done!

Every time I look through this thread I think "what if I sold the S50 and the rest of the GT6, mabey then I could afford a decent shell, set of wheels and build an uber engine"

Tain't gonna happen though, although I guess thinking about imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

[dips346]

bonnet
cant wait to see the rest .quick

[ric325i]

oh dear i think you may be my hero?

[Toby_Unna]

that looks brilliant

[hammoj28]

I am speechless now after seeing that bonnet! Love it!

[glenn]

couple of pics of the sport evo spoiler and gurney flap, with the 'warsteiner' sticker on it.
the stickers came with the word 'warsteiner' in a straight line,
but the spoiler, and also the bonnet aren't straight
so each time i had to cut each individual letter and put them on one letter at a time so as to follow the curvature of the spoiler / bonnet

[maxfield]

Keep it up

saying that the rate your going it will be 2010

[Andy335Touring]

Looks cool Glen !

Whats left to do/the next job ?

[glenn]

Looks cool Glen !

Whats left to do/the next job ?

lots
i haven't done a lot over the winter to be honest andy.
exhaust manifolds are next.
if i wasn't working, and worked on the car, all day, everyday, then i suppose i could maybe get it sorted / drivable within 2/3 weeks-ish.i'm not sure how that works out to be as 'a few evenings and weekends'.
i'd like to hope it's on the road for gaydon, but if it's not, then so be it

[Andy335Touring]

I didn't think of the work on the manifolds(RHD>LHD)

It's a shame when work (and/or weather) stops you working on your car

[drifty325i]

Mate thats my inspiration!

[Toby_Unna]

it'll be worth it Glenn. it'll be the best bloody e30 ever

[DieselMeister]

it'll be worth it Glenn. it'll be the best bloody e30 ever

QFT.

It's a privelege to be in the presence of so many great projects. I'm gonna have to get my skates on sooner or later and joint the fun......

[Toby_Unna]

[brian325i]

This will be cover car for pbmw id say.Unreal power to have in e30 while stayin na bmw.Id say itll be fun to drive, or try drive

Will it be used regularly or stored after its test drive?

[dips346]

This will be cover car for pbmw id say.Unreal power to have in e30 while stayin na bmw.Id say itll be fun to drive, or try drive

Will it be used regularly or stored after its test drive?

this the second shell its going in,its already been used and tracked before and glenn is not the sort of person to park it up and look at it belive me it will driven and maybe then likly hard

[glenn]

well...........here goes...............
i still couldn't find enough inspiration to do this a second time around,
so i've done a deal with fab's,
i've sold them the s62 kit, and i've bought off them an e36 3.2 evo kit.
i'll be picking it up next week some time, as it's still in the car at the moment.

[Gravy]

How come Glenn? Is the V8 just too much of a ball ache and the 3.2 an easier installation even though you've already done an S62 in an E30 shell?

[tim-ix]

Well that's a bit of shame because an M5 powered E30 just sounds so radical, but I can fully understand your reasoning.

Do you get a 6 speed manual with the new engine if it's still in the car?

[e21Jason]

Hi

There is a guy in Norway (s14.net) building an twin turbo s62 in an m3 shell, appears to have a big budget, modifed shell to run full on DTM spec suspension including reshaping the front shock towers to fit the big DTM spec centre lock alloys. Now that will be car to see

Jason

[glenn]

How come Glenn? Is the V8 just too much of a ball ache and the 3.2 an easier installation even though you've already done an S62 in an E30 shell?

the thing is, i've allready done it once.
so i dont have enough enthusiasum to do it again........been there, done that, bought the t-shirt.........sort of speak.

Do you get a 6 speed manual with the new engine if it's still in the car?

yes tim

[sam325is]

good choice going for s52 glenn, this is nuts

[Gortour]

well...........here goes...............
i still couldn't find enough inspiration to do this a second time around,
so i've done a deal with fab's,
i've sold them the s62 kit, and i've bought off them an e36 3.2 evo kit.

What a shame.
All credit to you for doing it the first time, wish I'd seen it, what a beast.
If it's just the 'already done it' bit, how about an E30 V10 M5 lump?
(Don't worry, only kidding - though if the V12 has already been done... )

[buster]

i cant believe you've done that Glenn.
Yours was probably the only one in the uk with that engine in,and it sounded awesome.
Even though i've done the s50 swap i think its a bit common now.

[maxfield]

Was looking forward to this any chance of a bit of f/i with this S52

[Jhonno]

Shame.. Surely your still in a similar boat with an S50.. Its another engine conversion, albeit with a different engine.. ANyways, sure what you come up with will be sweet

[buster]

double

[buster]

Was looking forward to this any chance of a bit of f/i with this S52

he's changing to S50 ! not s52.
It really gets my goat the amount of people that call it an s52.
The s52 is the usa only warmed over m50 engine

[maxfield]

he's changing to S50 ! not s52.
It really gets my goat the amount of people that call it an s52.
The s52 is the usa only warmed over m50 engine

I saw S52 and i'm pretty hungover so what do you expect.

But i do see an awful lot of people calling it S52 aswell.